Members of Congress and governors are under increasing pressure to regulate AI , but more than two dozen of them who spoke with Axios said they don't use the technology or have rarely done so. Why it matters: That striking admission — particularly among older, influential lawmakers — comes amid calls for an AI slowdown and warnings within the industry that it could end humanity if left unchecked. - Critics argue that it's impossible for politicians to grasp how rapidly the technology is changing — and the threats or scientific breakthroughs it might unleash — if they don't use it or even dismiss it. One House Democrat called it "f*cking absurd," arguing, "Anyone who's overseeing this has to be someone who's a regular user." -…
Pentagon official Emil Michael on Thursday said that Anthropic is still considered a "supply chain risk ," a day after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the company is "back on the right side." Why it matters: The Trump administration is not entirely aligned on one of the world's leading AI labs following months of fighting over how the military can use its models. What they're saying: "Anthropic is still a designated Supply Chain Risk at @DeptofWar and for the Defense Industrial Base. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Michael posted on X . Catch up quick: Lutnick told Axios' Mike Allen on the sidelines of the G20 Innovation Summit this week: "We trust Anthropic." - "They've done what we asked. They're back on the…
A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk , ruling that the government's actions violated Anthropic's constitutional rights. Why it matters: The ruling marks a major legal victory for Anthropic in its months-long fight with the Trump administration over how the military can use its AI models. Driving the news: "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," U.S. District Judge Rita Lin wrote in her 59-page ruling. - Lin noted that the Pentagon continued pursuing work with Anthropic even after the designation: "None of that is consistent with a genuine fear that Anthropic is a saboteur who would poison its…
The technology industry is on high alert after OpenAI revealed that some of its AI agents went rogue and hacked into the systems of technology startup Hugging Face. An OpenAI agent compromised a customer of the New York-based firm Modal Labs. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss an upcoming artificial intelligence model and AI policy frameworks. #AI #lawmakers #Capitolhill
OPINION: Robby Soave and Sam Lyman, head of research at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, discuss how foreign influence is affecting the data center debate in the United States. #DataCenters #China #Bitcoin #ai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikCvbZ2WPU&pp=ygUZc2FtIGx5bWFuIHRoZSBoaWxsIHJpc2luZw%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MKVf397SMo&pp=ygUZc2FtIGx5bWFuIHRoZSBoaWxsIHJpc2luZ9IHCQmjCwGHKiGM7w%3D%3D About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political…
With more data centers popping up, we ask Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute, if the concern over them is tied to Americans' fears over AI and how it may impact their life. #AI #datacenters #artificialintelligence
The Trump administration is showing signs it could ban cutting-edge Chinese AI models — a momentous move that could lock in dominance by OpenAI and Anthropic. Why it matters: Parts of the administration have tried to implement de facto bans on foreign open-source models before, knowledgeable sources tell Axios. Last week's rise of Chinese model Kimi is reigniting those efforts. Pro-competition voices fear the implications. - U.S. companies are increasingly using open-source models from China because they're cheaper and, as seen by the advent of Kimi , just about as good as the domestic technology. Behind the scenes: The Commerce Department last year considered adding multiple Chinese AI labs to its "Entity List," which would…
